Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Virtual What?


An experimental helmet from Toshiba Corp. gives its wearer the visual experience of being someplace else.
Inside the headgear from the Japanese electronics maker, a 40-centimeter (16-inch) screen can show a vista that is synched with the wearer's head movements, giving the illusion of actually being there.
The 3 kilogram (6 pound) helmet -- squared off in the back and rounded, bubble-like, in the front -- has infrared sensors at the top that detect which way the wearer's head is moving, said company spokeswoman Kaori Hiraki.
The projector in the back of the helmet shows images corresponding to the head movements on the screen inside the helmet, giving the wearer an illusion of immediacy and realness, according to Tokyo-based Toshiba.


Well here is the beginnings of a consumer friendly virtual reality…..hmmmmm now what to make the subject matter of the first virtual experiences. Games? Adventures? Historic locations? Outer Space? The truth is I bet that pornography is the first application of this technology!

It will be the ultimate Friday night date if you can’t meet a real woman. Just slip on your helmet, start the program and before you know it you will be immersed in a world very similar to your own only very different! First the manufacturer will be doing all the programming, but it won’t be long after that when you will be able to create your own virtual utopia complete with all the people you would like to be around….well they won’t
really be there, but neither will you….will you?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Muy interesante el concepto...aunque no es para mí...
Tus ideas y opiniones son diferentes

Anonymous said...

Muy buen artículo.
Felicitaciones por escribir así